B Ballarat, 175 Ballarat Mines, production figures, 176 Beatty, Monte, 53, 77 Benson, Myra, 68, 133-134-135 Benson, Jack, 133-134-135 Bennett, Bellerin’ Teck, 23 Bennett, Charles, freighter, 31 Bennett’s Well, 21 Black Mountain, story of, 20, 60-61 Bodie, toughest of the Gold Towns, 74 Borax, discovery of, 26 Bradbury Well, 76 Bowers, Sandy, gets a fortune for a board bill, 74 Brannan, Sam, Mormon leader, 95 Brandt, “Arkansas” Ben, 71, 83, 138 Breyfogle, Jacob; stories of, 154 Brown, Charles, Deputy Sheriff at Greenwater; store at Shoshone; road builder, supervisor, superintendent of Lila C. Mine at Dale; elected to senate; Chap. XV, 102 Brown (nee Fairbanks) Stella, 69, 71, 104-105, 107, 116, 135 Brougher Wils, at Tonopah, 49 Bruce, Jimmy, private graveyard, 168 Bullfrog Mine, discovered, 53-54-55 Butler, James, discoverer of Tonopah silver, 48-49-50, 59 Bulette, Julia, famed madam of Virginia City, 74 C Cahill, Washington, Borax Co. official, 35-36 Calico Mountains, 15 Calico, stories of, 15, 16 Carrillo, Jose Antonio, 97 Carson, Kit, guide and scout in Shoshone country, 20, 93-94-95 Casey, John “Cranky,” noted desert character, 136, 137-138 Cave Spring, 134 Cazaurang, Jean, wealthy miser, death of, 100-101 China Ranch, stories of, 80, 94 Clark, W. A., 60 Clark, “Patsy,” 60 Coleman, W. T., 27-28, 30 Comstock, “Pancake,” famous lode named for; buys a woman; suicide, 48, 74 Corcoran, “Wild Bill,” famous prospector; death of, 58, 177 Counterfeit gold piece, 179-180 Cross, Ed, partner and co-discoverer of Bullfrog Mine, 53 D Dayton, James, superintendent Furnace Creek Ranch, death of, 35-36, 122 Dante’s View, 151 Davis, Buford, buys Noonday Mine; death of, 158 Death Valley, cause of; history of, geology, temperatures; first settlers, 19 Decker, Judge, convivial Ballarat Justice of Peace, murdered, 62 Delameter, John, early freighter, 156 Diamond Tooth Lil, glamorous madam, 62-63 Dooley, William, bad man, 181-182-183 Driscoll, Dan, partner of Shorty Harris, 91, 120 Dublin Gulch, 69 Dumont, Eleanor, (Madame Moustache), charmer of the Forty Niners, 74 E Eichbaum, Bob, toll road, 21 Egbert, Adrian, at Cave Spring, 134 Epsom City, salts deposit; mono rail, 184